3.1. What are the median earnings of working people by disability status?

Working people with disabilities have much lower median monthly earnings than workers with no work disability. In 1994-1995 the median monthly earnings of men with no disabilities was $2,190; men with non-severe disabilities earned $1,857; and men with severe disabilities earned $1,262. The median monthly earnings for women with and without disabilities consistently was significantly lower than that of men. Women with no disabilities earned $1,470; with non-severe disabilities, $1,200 and with severe disabilities, $1,000.

For both men and women, median monthly earnings are lower for people with a disability, and even lower for those with a severe disability.

Stoddard, S., Jans, L., Ripple, J. & Kraus, L. (1998).
Chartbook on Work and Disability in the United States, 1998.
An InfoUse Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.